We’re a week into 2025, but there’s still seven weeks until anticipation for the new year’s Formula 1 season will truly begin to build, with the annual preseason test taking place in Bahrain Feb. 26-28. That won’t stop us from looking ahead, because there’s plenty to unpack, long before a single wheel will be turned in anger.
A legend of the sport finds himself in new colours. There’s a wide-open title fight. One of the sport’s most dominant teams is on the brink of implosion. And there is a youth revolution afoot.
Nate Saunders breaks down the storylines that will define F1 in 2025.
Hamilton at Ferrari
Few driver moves could be as big as Lewis Hamilton joining Ferrari. The sport’s most accomplished driver joining its most famous, successful team, and the excitement surrounding that move will be reflected in how much attention the Italian outfit will receive in the opening months of the…